Stunning photos from around the world

Oct 22, 2016; Seattle, WA, USA; Oregon State Beavers safety Devin Chappell (9) tackles Washington Huskies wide receiver Aaron Fuller (12) during the first quarter at Husky Stadium. Photo: USA Today
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally accompanied by vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine in downtown Philadelphia, US, October 22, 2016. REUTERS
Peshmerga forces fires a mortar towards Islamic state militants' positions in the town of Naweran near Mosul, October 23, 2016. REUTERS
A man walks next to a dresser on a beach after Hurricane Matthew in Damassins, Haiti, October 22, 2016. REUTERS
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Japanese Self-Defence Forces' (SDF) official is silhouetted while flights performs air show during the annual SDF ceremony at Asaka Base, Japan, October 23, 2016. REUTERS
Sandy Tabet (C) is crowned Miss Lebanon 2016, by last year's winner Valerie Abou Chacra (R), at Casino Du Liban in Jounieh, north of Beirut, on October 22, 2016. / AFP
Palestinian applicants shows their skills during fitness examinations at a Hamas run police recruitment centre in Gaza city, on October 23, 2016. / AFP
Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain crashes on turn four after leading the the 2016 Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island near Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. (AP Photo)
Lithuania's Social Democrat party leader and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius, right, accompanied by his wife Janina and their granddaughter Kamila leaves the polling booth at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. AP Photo
Repsol Honda Team's Spanish rider Marc Marquez crashes out during the MotoGP class at the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on October 23, 2016.
A flowrider competes on an artificial wave, during the Flow Tour 2016 in Santiago on October 22, 2016. Artificial waves are created by powerful pumps that throw thousands of liters of water against a wall. AFP
Dutch Jie Li serves during her semi-final match against Swedish Matilda Ekholm (not pictured) in "Tuskecsarnok" sports hall of Budapest on October 22, 2016 during the ITTF European Table Tennis Championships. / AFP
A fighter from the Popular Mobilisation Forces stands guard in an area east of Mosul, as displaced Iraqi families flea areas of unrest, on October 22, 2016. AFP
Dijon's French midfielder Johan Gastien (L) reacts during the French L1 football match between Dijon (DFCO) and Lorient (FCL) at the Stade Gaston-Gerard in Dijon, central eastern France, on October 22, 2016. / AFP
An Iraqi forces member helps a displaced man push a car as they arrive at refugee camp on October 22, 2016 in the town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul. AFP
A Thai mourner cries as others clad in black light candles for late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Sanam Luang Park outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on October 22, 2016. Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died at the age of 88 on October 13 after years of ill health, ending a seven-decade reign and leaving the politically divided nation without its key pillar of unity. / AFP
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs her only full concert of 2016 during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2016 in Austin, Texas. / AFP
A Bangladeshi cricket fan runs with the national flag to show support for his team during the fourth day's play of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and England at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Cricket Stadium in Chittagong on October 23, 2016. / AFP

Published: Mon 24 Oct 2016, 7:35 AM

Last updated: Mon 24 Oct 2016, 4:57 PM

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